Improvement in shutter anb blind-operator



WILLIAM E. BROOKE, OF ITREN'ION, NEW JERSEY.

Letters .Patent No. 83,248, dated October- 20, 1868.

lThe Schedulereferred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM E. BRooKiI, of Trenton, in the county of Mercer, and .State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Shutter and Blind- Operator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view, showing the Inode of operation.

Figure 2 represents a sectional view, showing a bar as attached to the shutter.

Figure 3 is a side attachment.

Similarletters of referencedenote like parts.

The object of my device is to open, close, or fasten, and secure, at any desired angle, window-shutters or blinds, fromW the inner side, Without raising the sash, by means of a'worIn-gear attached to the sill, or on the side of the window, thus dispensing with the vuse of shutter-bolts, rings, and turn-buckles.

To enable others tomake use of my invention, I will proceed to describe the same.

A is arod passing through or above the window-sill, under the lower sash, on the inner end of which rod is attached a knob or crank, B, for the purpose of bowing, opening, closing, or fasteningthe shutter, as required.

The outer end of crank B is provided with a wormscrew, (l, supported by bearings, a w, which are secured to the sill. This 'Worm-screw fits into a section of the pinion-wheel D, to which is attached the operating-bar E, curved at the outer end, and connected with slide the window,`and is applicable to shutters, blinds, or y doors, and is a permanent and secure fastening for any desired angle of the shutter; and operated from the inner side, can be 'applied to any kind of window- "frames without altering or damaging the wood-work.

It is attached to the side of the window by simply placing the worm-screw on the inner side of the wheel, and passing the rod A through the frame, as shown in iig. 3. VThe crank or knob by which the shutteror blind is operated thus becomes a curtain-holder on each side of the window.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The worm-gear C- D, arm E, slide F, and slide-bar G, dovetail b b, or their equivalents, when constructed, airanged, and combined substantially as and for the purposes 'herein described.

In Ytestimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WM. E. BROOKE. Witnesses:

J. Y. D. JOLINE, Trios. B. TAYLOR. 

